Have not told you is not a single political leader supported the movement. Matt won the crusade for voters. And naacp down. Elected leadership down. Nobody anywhere supported it so we asked the city council would you at least put the measure on the ballot so that the people can decide whether they want it or not. Would you allow the people to vote on it, and they didnt do that. At the time i think tim kaine was the mayor of the city, and i said, tim, can you work something out to at least put it on the ballot that people decide it . He said i can only get four votes. I cant get five votes, the majority to do it. Now with that, so what we had to do was to go out and get the people to sign the petition, and if you get the percentage of numbers of people to sign the petition, then it can go on the ballot, so we were able to get about 15,000 signatures to make certain that it had gone on the ballot, and even though the entirety of the leadership was against it, when the people voted, 80 of
Good morning. Thank you all for traveling to washington, d. C. , to participate in this counter isisminute steeral conference. It is indeed encouraging to seat attendance when the forces of isis and dash tune into the tvs and computer monitors they will see the strength of a combined 68 nations and organizations. Together we share a resol to have deal isis or dash a lasting defeat. Our coalition is united in stopping an ice y stopping an isis resurgence and discrediting the ideological narrative. And were ready to grow stronger and stay aggressive in this battle. President trump in his recent address to the joint session of congress made clear that it is the policy of the United States to demolish and destroy this barbaric terrorist organization. That is what were going to do. Many of us here today represent countries who know isis carnage first hand. In fact, today marks one year since 32 innocent people were killed and 300 wounded in attacks in brussels. The Belgium Foreign minister
Prepares to address the largest gathering of the proisrael movement. And pope francis uses his palm sunday message to shine a spotlight on the flight of european refugees. We begin tonight with the most dramatic sign yet of the changing relationship between the u. S. And cuba. President obama and the first family are in havana. It is the first u. S. President ial visit to the island in 88 years. The last time was 1928 when calvin koolidge went to havana. Part of the mission during the 2day trip this time constructing a frank dialogue about human rights issues, and other differences that sparked a 50yearold cold war between the two nations. The visit is not without detractors, here and in cuba. Republican leaders continue to bash the president for what they call supporting an oppressive regime. Support correspondent joins us. How is the president addressing the objections that some have to the visit . One of the ordinarily goals is to cement and solidify the president s initiative. You
Suicide bomber that killed for in istanbul. More violence at a trump rally as the frontrunners Campaign Manager is accused of getting physical with a protestor, and the syrian refugee crisis through the eyes of the family struggling to survive outside of their homeland right now president obama and his family are of cuba, making president obama the first sitting u. S. President to visit the island nation in 90 years. Hell spend three days in cuba touring old havana and taking in a baseball game and helle confront the irish relations between the two countries that lasted for two decades. Mike viqueira joins us from havana. Good evening to you. How has the president spent his first hours on the island . Well good evening to you. The president going to the u. S. Embassy saying its an historic opportunity. The embassy opened in washington and havana respectively, today, truly an historic visit as you point out, the first since the waning days of calvin koolidge administration. The presiden
Item on my agenda than going after them and defeating them. The issue is how do we do it in an intelligent way. What has been working is the air strikes that were taking on their leadership, on their infrastructure, on their financial systems. And heres what we know. Identifying two of the suicide bombers in yesterdays attack, Ibrahim El Bakraoui and his brother khalid who blew himself up at the train station. One of the attackers still on the loose, french Prime Minister says European Union members must heavily increase their investment in antiterror measures. And there was another Police Operation near brussels earlier today. Masked police carried out bags and boxes from an apartment in the anderlick area of that city. Britains interior minister says donald trump was just plain wrong to say muslims in britain are failing to report suspicious activity by extremists. Earlier trump said it was a disgrace that one of the suspects behind the paris attacks had been found in an area of brus